Eric P. Rhodes
@epr
many web3 digital artists have ditched @warpcast and are now focusing exclusively on x. you might think, "so what?" but this actually matters. these artists already get the tech and are deep in crypto culture. yet, they don’t care enough about farcaster to connect with their audience here. the dev/builder-heavy culture on farcaster might be cool if you’re into that niche, but it’s still just that—a niche. and i get that you might not like hearing this, but it’s the truth. for artists who just want to share their work, it’s exhausting. the best product managers i’ve worked with as a designer focus on bridging the gap between tech and consumers, leaning toward the consumer side. it feels like the farcaster builder ecosystem is resisting that approach, stuck in the dev mindset. maybe it’s because those deep in engineering often lack the consumer vision.
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Apex777
@apex777.eth
There’s collectors here. But these collectors are builders. But this audience expects you to use the tech in some way.
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Eric P. Rhodes
@epr
exactly, the artists who have succeeded are builder-artists not visual artists for the most part. that much is evidently clear. doesn't make my point any less true. the people who understand the tech but still left the platform are saying something about the platform itself. it's not for them. that is a signal. and should be considered. and actually, that's fine if the warpcast community wants to remain builder/dev/eng-focused and hyper-niche. but that's not how adoption happens. so it seems to me like the people who build this client will have to make a decision at some point. stay niche or grow. which do you think they'll choose? i don't know. but it will be a choice that gets made.
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